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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Canada	Oman	Lebanon	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	30,510	2,348	3,460	273
Dec 31, 2000	30,796	2,403	3,499	274
Dec 31, 2001	31,132	2,457	3,554	275
Dec 31, 2002	31,473	2,510	3,610	276
Dec 31, 2003	31,758	2,562	3,665	278
Dec 31, 2004	32,055	2,613	3,721	279
Dec 31, 2005	32,360	2,663	3,777	280
Dec 31, 2006	32,688	2,713	3,853	281
Dec 31, 2007	33,007	2,764	3,954	282
Dec 31, 2008	33,367	2,816	4,036	283
Dec 31, 2009	33,750	2,871	4,082	285
Dec 31, 2010	34,127	2,928	4,097	286
Dec 31, 2011	34,463	2,986	4,115	287
Dec 31, 2012	34,839	3,047	4,206	288
Dec 31, 2013	35,209	3,110	4,696	289
Dec 31, 2014	35,565	3,174	5,365	290
Dec 31, 2015	35,831	3,240	5,640	291
Dec 31, 2016	36,239	3,307	5,688	291
Dec 31, 2017	36,677	3,375	5,680	292
Dec 31, 2018	37,198	3,444	5,562	293
Dec 31, 2019	37,736	3,512	5,331	294
Dec 31, 2020	38,174	3,582	4,986	294
Dec 31, 2021	38,383	3,651	4,802	295
Dec 31, 2022	38,685	3,696	4,713	295

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Canada

1820-1850: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1851-70: O.J. Firestone, "Canada's Changing Economy in the Second Half of the 19th Century", NBER, New York, 1957, processed, amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870)
1870-1926: M.C. Urquart and Associates, ed., Gross National Product, Canada 1870-1926: The Derivation of the Estimates, McGill Queen's University Press, Montreal, 1993, pp. 11-12 and 24-5,
1926-1950: Statistics Canada, National Income and Expenditure Accounts, vol. 1, The Annual Estimates 1926-1974, Ottawa, 1975, p. 323. 1960 onwards from OECD, National Accounts.

Lebanon

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

No separate list is published for Oman, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.